Obituaries
Elia Cerna
Sep 3, 2014
Elia Carolina Cerna, 92, passed away September 3, 2014 in Mexia, Texas. A service of remembrance will be 6:00 p.m., Thursday, September 4, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Abraham Silos officiating. A service of entombment will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 05, 2014 in the Waco Memorial Park in Waco, Texas. Elia was born August 22, 1922 in Monterey,...
Michael Jordan
Sep 1, 2014
Michael Frank Jordan, 75, passed away September 1, 2014 at his home near Thornton, Texas. He was born on August 1, 1939 in Houston, Texas to Frank Nelson and Margaret I. Killinger Jordan. He retired, after working as an electrician for many years on a test site in Nevada. Michael also worked for The Wink, a family owned Bar-B-Q business....
Juanita Chandler
Sep 1, 2014
Juanita Wilson Chandler passed away at the age of 89 in Ashdown, Arkansas on September 1, 2014. She was born on July 15, 1925 in Farrar, Texas. She was a Christian and a Baptist. Juanita retired from the J. C. Penney Company; she loved to garden. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Alton H. Chandler....
Dearing Jones
Aug 28, 2014
Rev. Dearing Estes Jones of Conroe passed away quietly on Aug. 28, 2014. He is survived by his wife Zela, Sons: James Dearing, Dr. John and Jenny Jones, David and Tami Jones, Daughter: Robin and Kenneth Truelove; Grandchildren: Julie, Amy, John, Lauren, Jacob, Bethany, Patrick, Courtney, Kelsey; Great grandchildren: Lara, Louisa, Caroline and Kynslie; Brothers: Alston, John (wife: Barbara), Sister:...
Billie Woolsey
Aug 22, 2014
Billie Marie Haines Woolsey, 75, formerly of Mexia, passed away August 23, 2014 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in the Woodland Cemetery in Kirven, Texas. Billie was born in Freestone, Texas on January 12, 1939. She spent her life caring for not only her own family, but many others as long as...
Wanda Gantt
Aug 22, 2014
Wanda Dolson Gantt went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 22, 2014. By her bedside for her journey were her niece and best friend, Diane McCeig along with her "borrowed" loving daughters, Lori McCeig and Leisha Beamer. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. Rick Gray officiating. Interment will...
Hattie Russell
Aug 18, 2014
Hattie Lee Russell, 94, passed away on August 18, 2014 at her home in Prairie Hill, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 21, 2014 at the Prairie Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Sain officiating. Interment will follow in the Prairie Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Thursday at the Prairie...
Dorothy O'Hara
Aug 17, 2014
Born in Boston, 1927, died peacefully at her daughter's home in Texas on August 17th surrounded by family. She is survived by her two children: Kathleen Mary O'Hara and Ruth Ann Sims. Her grandsons, Seth, Gaelan (Holly), and Sage Bellamy; and granddaughter, Meghan Sims Goldfarb (Jason). She has four grandchildren and one great-grandchild - Ari Goldfarb. She is preceded in...
Jean Wright
Aug 13, 2014
Jean is survived by her daughter, Phyllis Bishop and husband Bob Bishop; by her son, Mark Wright and wife Pat Wright; grandchildren, Dr. Micah Bishop and wife Dr. Aubrey Bishop, Jaime Thornton and husband Dr. Matt Thornton, Seth Wright and fiancé Kari Thornton, and Sara Rodgers; one great-grandson, Harrison Rodgers. Jean was born October 10, 1919 in Thornton, Texas to...
Gloria Hartsfield
Aug 11, 2014
Gloria Marie Hartsfield, 85, left her earthly home in Waco, Texas on August 11, 2014 to enter her heavenly home. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Owen Funeral Home in Cartersville, Georgia with Rev. Rudy Ross officiating. Interment will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cartersville, GA. Visitation with the family will be 6-8...
Billy Smith
Aug 7, 2014
Billy David Smith, 50, of Mexia, passed away August 7, 2014 in Waco. Graveside services will be Sunday, August 10, 2014 in the Mexia Cemetery. Billy was born October 8, 1963 in Mexia, Texas to Lee Benjamin and Lois Bell Clendenen Smith. He was a lifetime resident of Mexia and attended the Mexia schools. He worked as a roofer for...
Doris Harp
Aug 5, 2014
Doris Jean Harp, 88, passed away August 5, 2014 at her home in Mexia. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 8, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. James Hooper officiating. Interment will follow in the Mexia Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Thursday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Doris was born October 6, 1925 in Mexia,...
Wiley Ward
Aug 4, 2014
Wiley Ford Ward, 70, of Teague, passed away August 4, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Graveside services will be held at a cemetery in Tucumcari, New Mexico at a later date. Wiley was born June 20, 1944 in Douglas, Arizona to Henry Ford and Martha Fay Kidd Ward. He received his Bachelor of Science from Sul Ross College. After working for...
Annie Pevehouse
Jul 24, 2014
Annie Kate Pevehouse, 87, passed away July 24, 2014 at her home in Personville. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Chapel with Rev. James Rincker officiating. Interment will follow in the Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Friday at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. Annie was born September 9, 1926 in...
Emmie Wardell
Jul 22, 2014
Emmie Jean Wardell, 66, of Dawson, passed away July 22, 2014 in Mexia leaving behind her husband, Bert F. Wardell, Jr, many cousins and friends. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 26, 2014 at the Rice Cemetery in Rice, Texas. A Mass will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the Christ Episcopal Church, 508 E. Commerce, Mexia, Texas. Visitation...
John Horn Jr.
Jul 18, 2014
John Paxton Horn, Jr., 59, passed away July 18, 2014 at his home in Groesbeck. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home in Mexia with Pastor John L. Cashaw, Jr. officiating.. Interment will follow in the Lost Prairie Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Monday, at Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home. John...
James Taliaferro
Jul 9, 2014
James Eugene Taliaferro passed away on July 9, 2014 in Groesbeck, Texas. He was a lifelong resident of the Prairie Hill and Coolidge communities. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the Prairie Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Sain officiating. A Masonic service and military honors will follow in the Prairie Hill Cemetery. He was...
James Hart
Jul 1, 2014
James Robert Hart, 63, formerly of Thornton, passed away July 1, 2014 in Waco, Texas. Graveside services, with military honors, will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 4, 2014 in the Thornton Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 3-8 p.m., Thursday, at Blair-Stubbs Chapel in Thornton. James was born February 16, 1951 in Indiana to Thomas Joseph and Betty Susan...
Hazel Simmons
Jun 28, 2014
" A mother's love lives within the hearts of her children forever." On the morning of June 28, 2014, God called away the sweet spirit of Hazel Naomi Simmons to her heavenly home. Hazel was born May 23, 1920 in Pinewood, Minnesota to Clarence E. and Estella Hurst Bacon; the third of seven children. She was a beloved wife, mother,...
Joyce McGuire
Jun 27, 2014
Joyce Bowen McGuire, 85, was born on April 24, 1929, to Emry and Gladys Wright Bowen, in Oakhurst, Texas. She went to be with the Lord on June 27, 2014. On July 26, 1946, she married Elmo McGuire; they had two sons, Glenn McGuire and the late Mark Alan McGuire. Joyce dedicated her life to being a pastor's wife and...
